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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *smérus (“grease, fat”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*smerwą n[1]
- grease, butter, fat
Inflection
Declension of *smerwą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*smerwą
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*smerwō
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| vocative
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*smerwą
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*smerwō
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| accusative
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*smerwą
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*smerwō
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| genitive
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*smerwas, *smirwis
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*smerwǫ̂
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| dative
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*smerwai
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*smerwamaz
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| instrumental
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*smerwō
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*smerwamiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *smeru
- Old English: smeoru
- Old Frisian: smere
- Saterland Frisian: Smeer
- West Frisian: smoar
- Old Saxon: smero
- Middle Low German: smēr, smör
- (German Low German: Smeer)
- Old Dutch: smero
- Old High German: smero
- Old Norse: smjǫr, smjor, smør
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂 (smairþr)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*smerwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 458